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恣

zì

Character

What 恣 means

1. to abandon restraint
2. to do as one pleases
3. comfortable (dialect)

Words starting with 恣

• 恣意zì yìwithout restraint; unbridled; reckless
• 恣情zì qíngto indulge in something to one's heart's content; wanton or willful
• 恣欲zì yùto follow lustful desires
• 恣意妄为zì yì wàng wéito behave unscrupulously
• 恣行无忌zì xíng wú jìto behave recklessly
• 恣睢zì suī(literary) reckless; unbridled; self-indulgent
• 恣肆zì sìunrestrained; unbridled; free and unrestrained (style)

Words containing 恣

• 狂恣kuáng zìarrogant and unbridled
• 暴戾恣睢bào lì zì suī(idiom) cruel; ruthless; tyrannical

Characters built on 次

These share the phonetic component 次 (cì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 资zīresources; capital; to provide
• 咨zī(bound form) to consult; to seek advice; to take counsel
• 茨cíCaltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); to thatch (a roof)
• 瓷cíchinaware; porcelain; china
• 姿zībeauty; disposition; looks
• 佽cìnimble; to help
• 絘cìancient tax in the form of bales of cloth
• 趑zīto falter; unable to move

Characters that look like 恣

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 息xībreath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)
• 总zǒng(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably
• 恶èevil; fierce; vicious
• 恋liànto feel attached to; to long for; to love
• 悠yōulong or drawn out; remote in time or space; leisurely
• 盔kuīhelmet

Sounds the same

Read zì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 字letter; symbol; character
• 自(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 渍to soak; to be stained; stain
• 眦(anatomy) corner of the eye; canthus
• 胔rotten meat; bones of dead animal
• 剚erect; stab
• 牸female of domestic animals
• 胾cut meat into pieces; diced meat
• 扻to strike; to run against; to throw, as a stone